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Words for Books K and 1 were chosen in consultation with two major references: The Living Word Vocabulary (Dale & O’Rourke, 1981) and The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists (Fry, Kress, & Fountoukidis, 2000). The Living Word Vocabulary provides information about the grade levels at which a given word is known by most children. Following current research guidelines for vocabulary instruction of kindergarteners and first-grade students (Biemiller & Boote, 2006), words were selected that are known by most children in fourth grade and that correspond to the conceptual level of development of children in kindergarten and first grade. The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists provides words that appear in upper elementary science and social studies texts as well as frequently used descriptive adjectives and adverbs. Most words in Books K and 1 appear on one of these lists and meet The Living Word Vocabulary criteria.